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4 "n" A Mighty Tough Lady
Photos by Allen Manning.
Up and down her decks we ran, swinging the
guns to meet real and imaginary foes, we all love
her and all have fond memories of her. The "her" I
speak of is the battleship U.S.S. Texas, the "we"
pertains to all those who have had the pleasure of
either serving on her during her commision or who
have made her a Sunday afternoon outing.
She, The Mighty "T," sailed for Galveston for the
first time in 40 years. Leaving behind her muddy
berth near the San Jacinto monument with the aid
of tugboats, she made her way down the Houston
Ship Channel to the Todd Dock yards where she
was interned for drydock and complete overhaul.
It took nearly seven hours to extract her massive
27,000 ton hull from the aged berth, but for many
the nail-biting event was worth the effort.
Years prior to the trip, grade school students had
begun raising money for the ship's restoration, a
Navy grant was added to the program along with
hundreds of hours of volunteer labor and donated
equipment.
E-35, her navy registration number, had seen
action in both world wars and had been dubbed the
lucky lady since her only casualty occurred when a
shell pierced into the superstructure but didn't explode.
The Texas will return to a completely
referbished berth, where children will once again
run up and down her decks adjusting her antiaircraft guns and old sailors will recall days long
gone. ► Allen Manning
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